Slum Upgradation
The SHD’s work looks at the infrastructural, spatial, and tenurial upgrading of low-income urban neighbourhoods. Upgrades focus on the sustainable, equitable, and efficient in-situ improvement of existing inadequate housing.
This work focuses on
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Co-producing upgrade plans and protocols with residents and local governments.
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Infrastructure and planning support to upgrade project implementation.
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Shaping state government policy on in-situ upgradation.
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Long-term impact of improved housing on health, income, livelihoods, and social inclusion.
Projects
Net-Zero Building Fundamentals
Reimagining Education for Equity: Interrogating Policy and Practice
Forest Ecology and Environment Services
Housing Shortage in India
Role of IoT in Rural Water Supply
Legacy Waste Management in Indian Cities
The Art and Science of Economic Policy
Housing Justice: A View from Indian Cities
Writing and Disseminating Grey Literature
Sustainable Cities
Other Focus Areas
Affordable Housing
Social Protection
Employment and Livelihoods
Urban Inequality
Health
